Tuesday, 12/18/01
Correct Test #11.
"Monsters..." Each correct answer for #4 is worth +1/2.
The two underlined words are this week's vocabulary words. Copy them and
their definitions.
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." What
does this mean? (Extra Credit: Who said this? About what?)
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What fears might be called "universal"; shared by most almost
all humans?
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Do you have any "isms" that someone who doesn't know you
might consider "weird"?
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Use the definitions on page 246, as well as the definitions
below to fill in the blanks correctly.
(p246) assent/dissent, metamorphosis, scapegoat,
fluster, persistent
idiosyncrasy (n): a personal peculiarity
or "ism" that others may find weird
insomnia (n): inability to sleep
transfixed (adj/v): frozen with amazement
revelation (n): an amazing "revealment"
A. My brother was very ____; he kept bugging my mom until
she said yes.
B. I stood watching; _________ by the beauty of
the stars.
C. Often, immigrants are used as ___(s) for the problems
of society.
D. A caterpillar undergoes a ________, and emerges from
its cocoon as a butterfly.
E. I got very ________(ed) before my big performance
and made some silly mistakes.
F. Joe has a(n) ___________ where he make his bed just
before he gets into it.
G. I was amazed by the _______ that he was really an
alien!
H. Joe voiced his __________; he didn't think it was
a good idea to go farther into the woods even though everyone else did.
I. Joe suffered from ____, and usually was awake almost
all night long.
J. Everyone __________(ed) to the plan; no one disagreed.
"The Monsters are Due on Maple
Street"
Listen
to it!